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Old 06-11-2016, 05:23 PM   #1309
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Originally Posted by Thargor View Post
1. I had a mod on the Nook that meant the screensaver was the cover of the book I was currently reading, so when the device powered off after 5 minutes inactivity it would be displaying the current books cover instead of the generic Nook one, is this possible on the Glo HD somehow? (Not a dealbreaker).

2. Can I read the blurbs from all my books even free ones? On the Nook you could only read the blurbs of books you'd purchased from Barnes and Nobles store, everything else was just blank no matter if you applied the metadat in Calibre or anything like that, which all my Epubs have...
I can't speak to that specific model, but based on all the earlier models:

1. Yes, quite easily, without a mod.
2. Depends on how complete the book's metadata is.

I sideload most of my H2O's content, and one of the steps I take before doing so is to make sure that the <dc:description> field in the book's OPF file is properly filled out. That's where the Kobo pulls the blurb from. If the field's empty or absent, no blurb on the device. This is true for all standard EPUBs, but "KOBO EPUB" books (downloaded via synching with the Kobo store) may be different.
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